Izak Buys

Isaac Daniel "Izak" Buys (4 February 1895 – 9 October 1946) was a South African cricketer. A left-arm fast-medium bowler, Buys was born in Somerset East, Cape Colony.

Buys played first-class cricket for Western Province from 1921–22 to 1923–24, and also played one Test for South Africa, the First Test against England in 1922-23 at Johannesburg. He scored 0 and 4 not out and failed to take a wicket. A few weeks earlier he had taken 5 for 121 and 2 for 22 for Western Province against the tourists; all seven wickets were of noted batsmen. He also played for South Africa in the third match of the five-match series against S. B. Joel's XI in 1924-25, taking the first three wickets in the first innings. It was his last first-class match.

Buys' batting was poor – in 19 visits to the crease in his 12 first-class matches he never reached double figures – but he was an effective opening bowler. Three times he took five wickets in an innings, once per season from 1921–22 to 1923–24. His best figures were 6 for 49 at Johannesburg in a Currie Cup match against Border in December 1923, when he also took two catches in the first innings and 3 for 87 in the second innings.

Buys married Susanna Autef in Cape Town in January 1926; his occupation at the time was auctioneer's clerk. He died in the Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, on 9 October 1946. His body was donated to the medical school of the University of Cape Town, and was later interred at the Maitland Road Cemetery.